Foraminal Stenosis Sufferers May be Candidates for Treatment at the Laser Spine Institute

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Foraminal Stenosis Sufferers May be Candidates for Treatment at the Laser Spine Institute

Do you have foraminal stenosis that’s interrupting your daily activities? Are the conservative therapies suggested by your doctor doing little to provide you with pain relief? Do you think traditional back surgery sounds too risky? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, you may be a candidate for foraminal stenosis treatment at the Laser Spine Institute. We perform a revolutionary surgery that offers superior pain relief to individuals who’ve already tried physical therapy, acupuncture, pain relievers, chiropractic adjustments, and other conservative techniques without achieving the results they desire. It uses a laser and other tools to remove the tissue build-up inside the affected foramen (an opening in the spinal canal through which nerves travel to other parts of the body) relieving pressure on the compressed nerve. During laser spine surgery, the foraminal stenosis site is accessed through a small tube in the back. Traditional surgery, however, requires a large incision through skin and muscle. This incision increases the risk of infection, lengthens recovery time, and increases your chances of developing complications.

Traditional open-back surgery also:

Requires hospitalization, while laser spine surgery is an outpatient procedure.
Uses general anesthesia, which can cause changes in blood pressure, heart rate and/or rhythm, and in worst case scenarios it can lead to heart attack or stroke. LSI’s foraminal stenosis surgery requires only local anesthesia and deep IV sedation.
Sometimes causes new back pain when scar tissue builds up around the surgery site and presses on nerves. Because LSI’s surgery is so minimally invasive, it generates a very small amount of scar tissue
Takes a long time to recover from. LSI patients usually walk out of the surgery center after their procedure and they are normally back to normal activities within two weeks.

These are just a few of the ways laser foraminal stenosis surgery differs from traditional surgery. If you’d like more information, just call us. We’ll review your CT scan or MRI to determine whether you are a good candidate for laser surgery.

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